#C8A4D4#C8A4D4

#C8A4D4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.078 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A4D4
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 212)
HSL	hsl(285, 36%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(285, 23%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 22.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 21.76, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 29.16, 318.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% 0.0575 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.078 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9768, 43.5845, 68.1072)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A4D4 #B0D4A4

analogous

#B0A4D4 #C8A4D4 #D4A4C8

triadic

#C8A4D4 #D4C8A4 #A4D4C8

tetradic

#C8A4D4 #D4B0A4 #B0D4A4 #A4C8D4

square

#C8A4D4 #D4B0A4 #B0D4A4 #A4C8D4

split-complementary

#C8A4D4 #C8D4A4 #A4D4B0

monochromatic

#9651AC #AF7AC0 #C8A4D4 #E1CEE8 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8A4D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C8A4D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A4D4

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A4D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A4D4	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a4d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.078 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bfe1',
    500: '#c8a4d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a4d4;
$custom-light: #d9bfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a4d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 35.821,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76663,
    "c": 0.07786,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A4D4

secondary

#E2ECDF

accent

#AF3755

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A4D4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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